Sidetrackedery

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Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: The comments on olberfanns leading up to Keith’s anticlimactic “big announcment” are fucking great.
:: Yeah, so I’ve linked to or copied just about every poem that exceptindreams has posted that I’ve seen in keeping up with my flist. Well, they deserve to be linked/copied. Here’s another, Listen! by Vladimir Mayakovsky.
:: From a comment thread in atheist, 10 myths — and 10 truths — about atheism by Sam Harris. A really, really excellent article. Go read it! (from latimes.com)
:: This from metaquotes:

My debit cards are, evidently, made in Outer Mongolia, on a machine that only works on days when it can be powered by the divine light of the full moon. It is then shipped by camel to Uttar Pradesh, where it’s lost for six days. When, finally, one of the child workers in that factory amputates a finger on a diamond drill, it turns out, in quest for the first-aid kit (which is actually just a gun to shoot the kid with) that my debit card was being used to hold a door open. Acting promptly, the factory foreman grabs my card, uses it to slit the kid’s throat, and then drops the bloodstained card into an envelope, which is probably addressed to Maine. The UPPS drops the envelope into the hold of a tramp steamer going the wrong direction, and eventually the card winds up in Africa, where I see it being used as a ping-pong paddle in the slums of Nairobi on Another Touching Discovery Documentary About Somewhere You Never Want To Live. The producer of the show is only available via carrier pigeon during the day, but can be reached by a pillar of fire at night, so eventually he takes the card from the kids playing ping-pong and sends it off to me, where it will be, for NO EVIDENT REASON, rerouted to Des Moines, IA, because Des Moines, WA is close enough, despite the zip code being wildly different. Eventually, the card will be hand-carried to me by a convicted serial killer named Opus, who is pretty sure I gots a purdy mouf.

On the plus side, I never, ever notice the bloodstains from the kid in Uttar Pradesh, because by the time I have time to examine the card, I’ve had to use it to kill Opus, so I assume it’s his blood.

(And for all of you who laughed, there’s plenty of room for the lot of you in Heather’s Happy Hellbound Handbasket.)
:: This, this, and this, from a_tergo_lupi. (from photoninthedarkness.com and sciencebasedmedicine.org)
:: From change.org, Students vs. the Defense of Marriage Act I wanted to stay umarried for just this reason, but with Chris going back into the military…I still feel guilty about it, like I’m flashing my heteronormative privilege around, even though I’m not heterosexual.
:: From change.org, A Global Look At Women’s Attitudes Toward Domestic Abuse :(
:: From a link from change.org, Why I need a Public Option For Health Care Reform, by Danine Spencer (from danine.net)
:: Most of these are spot-on. From Fizzy via Gtalk, Uncomfortable Plot Summaries
:: From this metaquotes context, How do you explain a missing hand to a child? Excellent article, and excellent comments. (from bbc.co.uk)
:: And then I looked up Kids Like Me So. Freaking. Cute.
:: Also from that context, Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs And they are neato. :)
:: So a comment in that context mentioned BoingBoing, though I didn’t see the nephew’s project mentioned there, but I did find this awesomeness from naominovik: her book His Majesty’s Dragon, the full text!, and others. :D
:: And this deserves extra pimpage: The Suvudu Free Book Library! I don’t think I’ll be in a “book funk” for quite some time. XD Lots of series to get into here!
:: Two more links from that context’s comments: Student Activism and A Fabulous Child’s Story. Is super-neato. :)

033.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From zevshir, this gem of an April Fools’ joke:

This is too funny.
The PA Wing website (www.pawingcap.com) has been updated for April Fool’s Day. Here’s a sample:

Notice of Proposed Regulation
Wednesday, 01 Apr 2009, by JColgan

Part 2, Section 972 (a) 1 (c)

Section I
No CAP member, or person or persons acting on the direction or suggestion or supervision of a CAP member, may try, or attempt to try, or make attempt to try to comprehend or understand any or all, in whole or in part, of the herin mentioned Regulation, except as authorized by the National Commander or an agent appointed by, or inspected by the National Commander.

Section II
If a CAP member or any group of members becomes aware of or realizes, or detects, or discovers, finds that he/she, or they are understanding or have been beginning to understand the Regulations, they must immediately, within three (3) days, notify, in writing, in triplicate, the National Legal Officer using CAPF 129a, Notice of Impending Comprehension.

Section III
Upon receipt of the above-mentioned notice of impending comprehension, the National Legal Officer shall immediately rewrite the Regulation that is in imminent danger of being understood. Such rewriting shall be done in such a manner to eliminate any further hazard of comprehension.

Section IV
The National Commander may, at his/her discretion, require the offending CAP member or members to attend remedial instruction on Regulations until such time that the CAP member or members is too confused to be capable of understanding anything.

:: From metaquotes, Examples of what not to do at goth night :P
:: My favorites are the bunny on the keg and the dollar-store Cthulu. From thrifthorror.
:: From atheism, The Atheist’s Dilemma: Family Guy Takes A Stand (from cinemablend.com)
:: Another lovely poem posted by exceptindreams, In Your Version of Heaven I Am Younger by Rachel Zucker.
:: From antitheism, this amusing Chick Tract. :P
:: From rahmbamarama, All the President’s Emails. Is fukken awesome. :D (from guardian.co.uk)
:: From babyzblueze via MSN, GNW opening monologue texts! :D
:: And another from babyzblueze, How to Eat Cheese. Because it’s funny and she insisted. :P
:: And another… ^__^ Doug Anthony Allstars: Case File
:: This is fantastic. From antitheism, NZers becoming less religious: Survey Those statistics, right on!
:: From surfing the above-linked NZ Herald News website, NZ growing bigger and further apart.
:: Lordy fuck. Another from the NZ Herald News, US funding for ‘no’ vote Focus on your own damn families! *facepalm*
:: AWESOME. From rahmbamarama, Exclusive: Rahm Emanuel’s speech (from media.www.gwhatchet.com) And the comments!
:: Another great April Fools joke from atheism.

032.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: I love this muchly. Water, by Sharanya Manivannan (from exceptindreams)
:: OT3, yo. :) (The original post is awesome too. From rahmbamarama and therefore locked.)
:: From eh_notsomuch, Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters on Countdown! :D (from msnbc.com)
:: From metaquotes, A wholly NSFW and AWESOME poem by vito_excalibur.
:: From the author of the poem linked above’s “poetry” tag, *88 Lines About 44 Fangirls* (by drewkitty)
:: And this awesomeness from odditycollector. :D
:: It’s fun to watch the folks at atheist feed the trolls. :)
:: And Apologetics from atheism. (If you don’t get it by the time you read the comments, check the date. :P)
:: From skywaterblue, MIND MELD: If We Ran Battlestar Galactica SF writers discuss what they’d have done differently.
:: From Chris via Gtalk, The Sith do not bottle-feed kittens! (from chugworth.com)
:: This cartoon at antitheism led me to the same cartoon at [Bad username: politicalcartoons], which led me back to the comm for the first time in awhile, which led me to this and its, um… interesting comments.
:: And from the comments from that last, Man Who Brought Assault Rifle To Obama Rally Was Part Of Radio Stunt (from huffingtonpost.com)
:: This is neato! From Fizzy via Gtalk, The Moods of Ginger Mick. A series of poems in Old Strine. Full text! :D
:: From metaqotes, cumaensibyl and witchsistah have some advice for Jensen Ackles’ girlfriend *gigglefits*
:: From atheism, this, this, this, this, and this about “Liberty” University. :P

031.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From mothwentbad at atheism: A Religious Liberal Blog: Religion in America: Not Encouraging. (from religiousliberal.blogspot.com)
:: The article mentioned in the above, There’s a new power in America - atheism Well, I sure hope so. (from timesonline.co.uk)
:: While looking up internet accessibility, I found this at the BBC Disability Blog: Disability Bitch. I like her. :D
:: From quill18 in an atheist comment thread, “Be exellent to each other.” “Party on, dudes!” (link goes to YouTube; automatic audio)
:: From azurecobalt in an atheist comment thread, List of fictitious atheists and agnostics (from wikipedia.org)
:: From eh_notsomuch, Home Decorating With The Obamas Classy!
:: This gem from metaquotes. Kitteh pwnage FTW. :)
:: From @GayRainArmy, List of Glenn Beck Sponsors/Advertisers: Dropped & Remaining Frequently updated.
:: I love this. From metaquotes, The First Church of the Intergalactic Fruitbat Steve :D
:: From Chris via Gtalk, a Chugworth Academy comic about coloring one’s hair. ^_^
:: I LOL’ed. From metaquotes, about rahmbamarama.
:: From i_iz_norml, St Francis de la Sissies Awesome. (from youtube.com; automatic audio)
:: An article about rahmbamarama! Rahm Emanuel shows mettle, preparedness Right on.
:: This is so freaking cute. From metaquotes.
:: Neato! And useful. From pushingarock, OneLook Reverse Dictionary

030.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From lady_sci_fi at olberfanns, CBS Interview and bio of Keith Olbermann from 2007
:: From sarken, VVC Premiere Vid: Oh My God (Better Than Chocolate) (from butterfly)
:: I love this. From sarken’s weheartit, I love this style and the fun words that get put where “Keep Calm and Carry On” would go.
:: From weheartit, this, this, this, and this. :)
:: From weheartit, Dexter the Screen Cleaner XD
:: From @newsminer, Report: Gun case, Bible among gifts sent to Palin
:: These gems from zevshir:

“The frontal assault is the least preferred method of attack. Unless of course you’re a marine, and then it’s hey diddle diddle everybody up the middle.”

— from a lesson on infantry tactics this weekend

(Ranks right up there with the advice on why you need to get yourself squared away: “If you suck as a platoon leader, your company commander is gonna be all up in your kool-aid.”)

:: And another from zevshir:

overheard

W: I’m inebriated off life.

R: Well, don’t drive if your blood-life content is .08 or over.

:: Neato! From @newsminer, Fairbanks Special Olympians let the bocce roll :D :D :D
:: ZOMFSM DO WANT. Saw the commercial on MSNBC just now, and Googled it: KEITH OLBERMANN BOBBLEHEAD. XDDD
:: Cooool! From fleursdesoleils at xanga, Books-painted staircase!
:: From Weather.com via Google search, Major Hurricane Bill: a threat to land? *keeps watching, worrying*
:: From military.com, Time for ‘Don’t Ask’ Policy to Go? Good article, but I’d recomment avoiding most of the comments. *facepalm*
:: Also from military.com, Vision Care Center Still out of Sight *sigh*

029.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From ontd_political, Obama’s Man on the Budget - Just 40 and Going Like 60
:: This fucking awesome music video full of badass women getting what they want from greensilver (via
:: From metaquote, james_nicoll on whether Canada should annex the Turks and Caicos Islands
:: From the above, The Rhinoceros Party of Canada Neeeeeato. (from wikipedia)
:: ARGH. *stomps around, fuming* Anchorage Mayor Vetoes Gay Rights Ordnance. I’d so like to make the drive there just to kick this motherfucker in the shins. (from newsminer.com)
:: From metaquotes, an excellent turn of phrase :D
:: I love these kind of lists. From Fizzy via Gtalk, Things that say ‘Melbourne’ (even more than a big M) :D
:: From @marlaerwin, OMG, how accepting: Australian Ruggers, and from there, This Is Oz - Speak up for an inclusive Australia EPIC WIN, Y’ALL. :D
:: From McClatchy, Who’s behind the attacks on a health care overhaul?
:: From ontd_political, Speaking Freely, Biden Finds Influential Role (from nytimes.com)
:: From @8C, Language Log » An Old Person’s Guide to “No Homo” I’ve seen this on an “Army / No Homo” T-shirt, and I even heard it at a barbecue with Reid and some of his Army buddies…but now I know the origins. (from languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)
:: Also from @8C, Sweet Surrender: A Little Debbie Death Match :D :D
:: One more from @8C, A Selection of People You Will Always Find in a Yoga Class …heehee…

028.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: Awesome. From Fizzy via Gtalk, Browns join Twitter war over NHS (from news.bbc.co.uk)
:: From six degrees of , One SyStep Forward, Two SySteps Back. Who’d’a thunk it? A fail bigger than the name “SyFy” itself.
:: This is so cool. From Fizzy, Sit-Skiers relish fruity instruction
:: From @JoinTheImpact, Assembly OKs gay rights ordinance 7-4 :D :D
:: Another from Fizzy: School pupil, 90, dies in Kenya What an awesome guy. :)
:: From ontd_political, Canada prepared to fight zombie invasion! So. Fucking. Cool. (And the source article, Scholars put braaaaains together to thwart zombies :D)
:: From a comment in the above, the comic President Evil. (from ontd_political, locked)
:: From a link from one of liz_marcs’s cut-the-bullshit posts, the one for countries with government health care, Say Hello to Yellow: State-Sponsored Healthcare in Denmark I really like the card idea. (Though you’d think something like a Social Security Number would work here.)
:: From HuffPo, Michael Krantz: Who Would Jesus Insure? Tea Party Dispatch From San Francisco
:: From fizzyland, DNA Sculpture is “Vile and Offensive” Whut.
:: From the site of the last link, Being Religious is like Eating Sand
:: Heehee. From atheism, Jesus of the Week :D
:: From maddow_kicks, Rachel Maddow on Afghanistan — ang Groupies and finally buying a TV (PODCAST) (but it’s not automatic audio)
:: I call BULLSHIT. But this comment is fucking hilarious:

“Keep your Jesus off my penis, keep your Bible off my balls, keep your prayers outta my ears and your crosses off my walls. You can have the virgin mother and the ressurection[sic] too, but keep your Jesus off my penis and I’ll keep my penis off of you.”

:: Another one from Fizzy: 10 Popular Porn Scenarios That Seem Highly Implausible (from cracked.com)

027.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From friendlyatheist at tumblr, 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs (from wired.com)
:: From Chris via Gtalk, this catgirls-and-ninjas goodness from Yosh! Comics. (from yoshsaga.com)

From HuffPo:
:: James Rucker: GEICO Pulls Its Ads from Glenn Beck Show
:: Bob Cesca: Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!
:: Bob Cesca: Republicans Lying to Old People About Euthanasia, Robots
:: After “Death Panel” Claim, Palin Now Calls For Civility
:: Cenk Uygur: The Last Gasp of the Angry White Man
:: Kathleeen Reardon: The “Death Panel” Already Exists! It’s called private insurance.
:: Dean Baker: Governor Palin’s Crazed Health Care Rant: Blame the Washington Post You mean EX-Governor.

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:: From a link at HuffPo, Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go! (bobcesca.com)
:: From another link at HuffPo, Anti-Reform Group takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies (from theplumline.whorunsgov.com)
:: From Fizzy via Gtalk, Are US healthcare protests genuine? (And she showed me this before I mentioned my getting TVTropes’ed by HuffPo.) (from news.bbc.co.uk)
:: AWWWWW. Chris just sent this to me, with “How i feel about you” (only he doesn’t share the pictures I send him). (Also, this.)
:: Another from Chris: Overlord 2: Minions at a Glance Best. FAQ. EVER. (warning: bit of automatic audio when you first get there) (from overlordgame.com)
:: From @USArmy, A class act: Army Prep School graduates 2,000 in first year (from army.mil)
:: From @jorajo, Rachel Maddow is my sweetie Awwwww. (from sfgate.com)
:: Twister Duvet Cover. DO WANT.
:: From military.com, Russia Holds US Humvees as Trophies
:: Neato! Also from military.com, GI launches recycling effort in Iraq

026.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From atheism, God ‘will not give happy ending’ About climate change. (from news.bbc.co.uk)
:: From a link from the above article, Camp offers ‘godless alternative’ :D
:: This is bullshit. From @MODwife, Hero dog Sandbag forced to stay in Iraq despite desperate please from British troops (from dailymail.co.uk)
:: From rahmbamarama, White House Peep of Staff Rahm Emanupeep :D :D :D
:: Sweeeet. from ontd_political, Rahm Slammed Dems Attacking Other Dems as “F—king Stupid,” Sources Say (from theplumline.whorunsgov.com)
:: This meta-meta-worthy gem from kyra_neko_rei at metaquotes:

New theorem: Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from sarcasm.

Corrollary: Sufficiently advanced sarcasm is indistinguishable from stupidity.

:: From Fizzy via Gtalk, Hello Kitty Military Pach HELL YEAH DUDE. :D
:: This fantastic rant on preserving historical artifacts from mhael.
:: From @ltdanchoi, Daniel Choi | Queer of the Month | August 2009 (from gaynewsdaily.net)
:: From atheism, a legitimate question and a page full of excellent answers.
:: Another from Fizzy, No longer shut away, people with a disability are still shut out (from theage.com.au)
:: Edit, 8/10: The report mentioned in the above article.

024.

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends’ LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From atheism, Pilot who paused to pray in emergency gets 10 years FOR GREAT JUSTICE. (from irishtimes.com)
:: From syntaxia, Oversaving, a Burden for Our Times (from nytimes.com)
:: Just saw this site mentioned on MSNBC Live. (Jul. 28) bakemeawish.com Soup from a stone, fancy that!
:: A public service announcement from kawaii_not.
:: From sarken, Keith Olbermann looking into the camera and saying, “tit.” WIN.
:: From exceptindreams, The Crickets Have Arthritis. Yeah, I cried. But I think a non-nutter would cry upon reading that too.
:: This recipe for microwave bread from poor_skills:

Microwave Bread

2 cups of all purpose flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
3 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup of milk
1 egg.

Mix all ingredients together in a glass bowl and stick it in the microwave for 5 minutes or until solid. Eat while hot.

If you like sweeter bread add some more sugar into it.

There are also several recipes similar to this on the internet if you want to check them out.
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/312
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15995.0

:: From Fizzy via Gtalk, Shaken but not stirred by stadium-rock spirituality (from theage.com.au):

Christian pop, ’80s power anthems, Metallica meets Cheap Trick. A mosh pit for Jesus was jumping with teenagers in rapture and a balcony of Planetkids went off for Christ. Music blared from the stadium sound system while the screen seduced us with slick videos edited so fast the phrase ‘‘subliminal image” kept popping into my head. Lyrics flashed up: “Come like a flood and saturate me now.” I wondered what Freud would have made of the disproportionate use of such words as ‘‘come’’, ‘‘touch’’ and ‘‘feel’’, and the phrases “move within me” and “being filled”. My favourite was “King of Glory, enter in”.

and

A pastor banged on about sacrifice and said it wasn’t important how much we sacrificed just as long as we gave as much as we could. No matter how small it was. I didn’t know what he was on about until the giving cards came round. And a little bucket for coins. No lid with a slot. A big open bucket, so you could be shamed by your paltry donation.

Then there were the plugs for the Mighty Men’s night and Beautiful Women Seminar. Male volunteers were encouraged to get involved with the ladies’ seminar with the promise of ‘‘being able to tell 3000 women what to do’’. Beautiful women. Mighty men. Note: not mighty women and beautiful men.

:: Bookworm WIN. From Fizzy via Gtalk, Library fan nears 25,000th book :D
:: From klaudie via a train of links I can’t follow back to its source, You Can Do Better!